Mgr, Software Engineer (Java / Python / Cloud / Distributed)

At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. We have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. As part of our sales organization, your role will require a strategic blend of technical acumen and charismatic client engagement, ensuring that every partnership is nurtured towards its maximum potential. As a pivotal link between NetApp and our clients, your contributions will directly influence the growth and direction of our department, making a lasting impact on the organization’s success. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to be part of a team that values innovation, supports professional growth, and celebrates shared victories.

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• Analytical
• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Detail-oriented
• Quick-thinking
• Problem solver

Responsibilities

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job category: Software Engineering Job ID: 135449-en_US

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you’re ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

Are you passionate about open-source technologies or solving distributed computing problems at scale? Do you love learning and working with a diverse range of technologies and people? We’re looking for a collaborative and curious Lead Software Engineer to join our development team at NetApp Instaclustr (www.instaclustr.com).

Our mission at NetApp Instaclustr (www.instaclustr.com) is to make it easy for customers around the globe to run powerful open-source applications at scale - like Cassandra, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Cadence, and ClickHouse, across both on-premises data-centres and in the cloud.

The NetApp Instaclustr development team is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the platform that allows us to provision and reliably keep thousands of distributed application servers running worldwide.

Job Requirements

8 or more years of commercial experience regularly delivering quality software and overcoming technical challenges.

Demonstrated experience with leading people.

Proficiency in Java, SQL and at least one other modern programming language - and openness to learning more.

Strong communication skills and a humble and collaborative nature - essential for working harmoniously with multiple teams.

A curious mindset with a keen interest in how your work will positively impact customers.

Eagerness to tackle new challenges and continuously grow you and your team’s software engineering skills.

Working with a wide range of technologies and tools, such as: Java, SQL, Python, Typescript, Rust, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Debian, and more.

Working with major cloud providers. Our systems run on AWS, Azure and GCP.

Responsibilities

Lead one of the teams of 5-10 engineers that makes up our product development team. You can expect that some of your time will be spent helping your team head in the right direction, and some will be spent being hands-on with our technology and systems and doing your own development tasks.

Take end to end ownership of one or more aspects of our managed platform, which takes care of the whole lifecycle: provisioning infrastructure, installing applications and, most importantly, keeping the applications running reliably in production.

Work with a Product Manager to set team priorities, and work with a senior software engineering manager to plan and manage the work of your team.

Develop the skills and careers of the engineers in your team.

Work with other Lead Software Engineers to support each other in developing complex solutions or agreeing on the best approach to solve problems which affect everyone. DevOps best practices as part of a global team that operates 24x7. This may include participating in …